Your letter:of. the th does raise @ touchy question and It also
speaks for some optisism on: your’ Dert... layself had begun. to wonder.
wether Cold Spring Harbor had now begun tc. outlive its funetion as.a
canter. for Genetics... In contrast to the situation when this laboratory
was.flrst organizad,. Genetics Is now a widely accented discipline
represented In: a great: many university departments and I. think It would
be Somewhat! mare difficult to. justify unique. mnasures to preserve a
research Institute tn this particular discialine.. Perhaps. | had. had
some Intuition thet this might D4 In Haskins aing-and | was. not aysel f
able to Imagine who. might be able to sustain the necessary traditions
at Cold Spring Harbor. 0° | er rr ae a4

    

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